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Howard Dean: I Was 'Pretty Clear' I Wanted to Be Health Secretary
« on: March 02, 2009, 10:44:08 AM »
poor howie.  one day, you are chairman of the democrat national committee, and the next, you are passed over twice for the crappiest job in washington.

was it something he said? 



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Dean: I Was 'Pretty Clear' I Wanted to Be Health Secretary
Former Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean talks about being passed over again for President Obama's Cabinet.

Former Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean is making no secret of his dashed desires to become a member of President Obama's Cabinet, after he got passed over yet again for the job of health and human services secretary

"I was pretty clear that I would have liked to have been Secretary of HHS but it is the president's choice and he decided to go in a different direction," Dean was quoted saying on Monday in the Huffington Post after Obama made clear Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius was going to get the job.

Dean, who is a doctor and the former governor of Vermont, was talked about as a possible health secretary but was passed over for former Sen. Tom Daschle. After tax problems derailed Daschle's nomination, Dean got snubbed again.

Obama plans to announce his choice of Sebelius for the post Monday afternoon. She was the insurance commissioner for Kansas before getting elected governor, experience that helped convince administration officials she could handle the finer details of the debate over expanding access to health care.

Dean was not even vetted by the administration, and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel did not have a working relationship with him. White House officials expressed some concern about Dean's ability to work with the administration as part of the team.

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Re: Howard Dean: I Was 'Pretty Clear' I Wanted to Be Health Secretary
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2009, 10:46:41 AM »
This has to bring out the Deaniacs over on Skin's Island.  :mental:
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Re: Howard Dean: I Was 'Pretty Clear' I Wanted to Be Health Secretary
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2009, 10:50:44 AM »
thats what he gets for not sucking up
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Re: Howard Dean: I Was 'Pretty Clear' I Wanted to Be Health Secretary
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2009, 10:57:22 AM »
Quote from: Jim on March 02, 2009, 10:50:44 AM
thats what he gets for not sucking up

indeed.  the early endorser has invariably gotten the worm when it comes to cabinet posts  -- other than hillary, for one notable exception.  The BarackStar! would seem to have some fairly thin skin.
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Re: Howard Dean: I Was 'Pretty Clear' I Wanted to Be Health Secretary
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2009, 11:03:07 AM »
Quote from: Jim on March 02, 2009, 10:50:44 AM
thats what he gets for not sucking up

Actually, his bid for the office just wasn't high enough...

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Re: Howard Dean: I Was 'Pretty Clear' I Wanted to Be Health Secretary
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2009, 11:33:58 AM »
"What have you done for me, Howie?  Lately, I mean."

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Re: Howard Dean: I Was 'Pretty Clear' I Wanted to Be Health Secretary
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2009, 11:35:41 AM »
Howard, you must be unaware of the strict skill set requirements to be a member of 0bama's cabinet.

If you are trying for Sec of Treasury, you must be a tax cheat.

If you want to be appointed to DCI, you must be a novice in the intel field.

If you want to be Sec of Commerce, you must be corrupt and/or a Republican willing to be thrown under the bus for 0's failures.

You, Howard, as a medical doctor, have dealt with the business side of the health care industry before.  You know waaay too much about the issues, and are therefore, overqualified.  Let 0 have his Socialist policy wonks, they know better than you, or any of us, do about our health care.
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Re: Howard Dean: I Was 'Pretty Clear' I Wanted to Be Health Secretary
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2009, 11:38:13 AM »
Seriously, Howie--Zerobama leaving you out in the cold?  He's doing you a favor.

And actually, even the JV cabinet knew better than to pick a whackjob like you.  Go away already.
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Re: Howard Dean: I Was 'Pretty Clear' I Wanted to Be Health Secretary
« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2009, 11:41:28 AM »
No offense, but Dean shouldn't have gotten it in the first place.  Yeah yeah yeah, all this "bipartisan" talk, how the hell is Dean of all people going to woo republicans.  He's too liberal and too in your face to have gotten it.  Sorry Dean. 
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Re: Howard Dean: I Was 'Pretty Clear' I Wanted to Be Health Secretary
« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2009, 11:41:41 AM »
Quote from: NHSparky on March 02, 2009, 11:38:13 AM
Seriously, Howie--Zerobama leaving you out in the cold?  He's doing you a favor.

And actually, even the JV cabinet knew better than to pick a whackjob like you.  Go away already.
Howie shoulda been Press Secretary.   :rotf:
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Re: Howard Dean: I Was 'Pretty Clear' I Wanted to Be Health Secretary
« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2009, 11:43:56 AM »
Quote from: Miss Mia on March 02, 2009, 11:41:28 AM
No offense, but Dean shouldn't have gotten it in the first place.  Yeah yeah yeah, all this "bipartisan" talk, how the hell is Dean of all people going to woo republicans.  He's too liberal and too in your face to have gotten it.  Sorry Dean. 

after the second trillion bucks, I don't think anyone is buying the bipartisan shtick anymore anyway.  maybe after just the first trillion bucks . . .   :fuelfire:

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Re: Howard Dean: I Was 'Pretty Clear' I Wanted to Be Health Secretary
« Reply #11 on: March 02, 2009, 11:44:59 AM »
Quote from: Wretched Excess on March 02, 2009, 11:43:56 AM
after the second trillion bucks, I don't think anyone is buying the bipartisan shtick anymore anyway.  maybe after just the first trillion bucks . . .   :fuelfire:




Oh I agree.  LOL!  I'm just saying, that overall Dean wasn't a good choice for that spot.  Only the nutty Deaniacs on DU thought he had a chance for the spot in the first place. 
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Re: Howard Dean: I Was 'Pretty Clear' I Wanted to Be Health Secretary
« Reply #12 on: March 02, 2009, 11:46:13 AM »
Quote from: Miss Mia on March 02, 2009, 11:44:59 AM

Oh I agree.  LOL!  I'm just saying, that overall Dean wasn't a good choice for that spot.  Only the nutty Deaniacs on DU thought he had a chance for the spot in the first place. 


 . . . and the nutty dr. dean himself, it would appear. :-)
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Re: Howard Dean: I Was 'Pretty Clear' I Wanted to Be Health Secretary
« Reply #13 on: March 02, 2009, 11:48:50 AM »
Quote from: Wretched Excess on March 02, 2009, 11:46:13 AM

 . . . and the nutty dr. dean himself, it would appear. :-)

:wink:  LOL!
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Re: Howard Dean: I Was 'Pretty Clear' I Wanted to Be Health Secretary
« Reply #14 on: March 02, 2009, 12:05:09 PM »
YEAAAAARGH!!!! :-)

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